Storage-battery support



Sept. 30, 1924. 1,510,184

" J. M. MANNING STORAGE BATTERY SUPPORT Filed Aug. 16, 192]- JJ :20 13 J3 7 I, EH12 Z2 1 I Q19 v l5 .1 12

Patented Sept. so, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. MANNING, or FRIENDSHIP, TENNESSEE;

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- Application filed Au ustie, 1921. SerialNo. 492,845.

To all whom it may concei e:

Be it known that JoriN M. MANNING, a

citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Friendship, in thecounty of Crockett and State of Tennessee, has invented new and usefulImprovements in Storage Battery Supports, of which the following is aspecification; I The object of the lnvention is to provide a means forsupporting and protecting a storage battery against the jars andvibrations which are incident to the use thereof upon motor vehicles andwhich jarring and vibration are recognized as injurious to the batteryand as operating to detract from thee'fliciency and durability thereof;and withthis object in View the invention consists in a. constructionand combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side view partly broken away of a storage battery box orhousing constructed in accordance with the invention. a

Figure 2 is a planview partly broken away of the same. c I

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of one of the cushioning buttonsemployed at the bottom of the box or housing as a rest for the battery'p a I Figure 4 a detail view of one of the handle cushions which isinterposed between the battery handle and the clamp serving to retainthe samein the proper position.

The battery 10 which may be of any of the commercial or preferred formsis arranged in a box or housing llconstructe'd in shape and sizetoaccommodate the battery under such conditions" as to permit of spacingthe same from the walls of the box, and arrangedin the latterat itsbottom is a'jar absorbing seat consisting in the constructionillustratedof a plurality of cushioning buttons 12 of rubber orequivalent material, a suiiicient "number of the same being employed tosupport the weight of the battery and absorb the, movements of the boxor housing derived from thevehicle body and means of clamps 13 engagedwith bolts 14 fittedwith wing nuts 15 or the equivalents thereof, saidclamps being engaged with the handles 16 of the battery through themedium of cushioning blocks 17 also of rubher or like resilient materialfitted upon the handles and provided with transverse seats 18 forthe-reception of the shanks 19 of the clamps, said seats 18 serving. toprevent relative displacement of the clamps and cushioning blocks. Theblocks are longitudinallychanneledas shown at 20 for the reception ofthe handles of the battery, said channelsyfor example and as illustratedbeing of crosssectionally clove-tailed form and being adapted to firmlyclasp the battery handles when engaged by the clamps which by reason ofthe tightening of the wing nuts 15 serve to hold the battery in firmseating relation with the cushioning buttons 12.

. In the construction illustrated these buttons are of frusto-con'ic'alform with axial bores 21 for the reception of the retaining bolts 22which engage the bottom of the box and ca-rrynuts 23 which space thebase of the cushion from the surface of the saidbot tom, the opening inthe cushion for thebolt being counterbored or enlarged as shown at 24 toreceive the head of the bolt so that the cushion throughout the greaterportion posed between the head of the bolt and the bottom of thecounterbore 24; and serves to prevent rust from the bolt head causingany deleterious effects on the rubber cushion.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as: new and useful is11A supporting device for a storage battery having a box or-housingprovided with a battery supporting cushioned seat and yielding means forholding the battery in bearing relation with theseat and consisting ofclamps having a cushioned engagementwith the battery case.

2. A supporting device for a storage battery having a box or housingprovided with a battery supporting cushioned seat and yielding means forholding the battery in bearing relation "with the'seat and consisting ofclamps havingcushioning means for engaging the battery handles 3. Asupporting device for a storage battery having a box or housing providedwith bearing relation With the seat and from the sides of the boX orhousing and consisting of clamps and'resilient cushioning blocksinterposed between the clamps and the battery handles.

4. A supporting device for a storage 'battery having a box or housingprovided with a battery supporting cushioned seat and yielding means forholding the battery in bearing relation with the seat and consisting oflongitudinally channeled resilient cushioning blocks fitted upon thebattery handles and clamps engaged with said blocks.

5. A supporting device for a storage bat-- tery having a box or housingprovided with a battery supporting cushioned seat and yielding means forholding the battery in bearing relation With the seat, said cushionedseat consisting of spaced resilient buttons centrally bored andcounterbored for engagement by securing bolts of Which the heads aredisposed between the planes of the ends of the buttons to permit ofcoinpressive and lateral yielding movement of the portions of thebuttons Which are adjacent to the battery.

6. A supporting device for a storage Tbattery having a box or housingprovided With a battery supporting cushioned seat consisting ofresilient buttons capable of vertically compressive and laterallyyielding movement.

In testimony whereoi he a-fiixes his signature.

